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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees (Colletidae) » Masked Bees (Hylaeus) » Subgenus Spatulariella (Hylaeus Subgenus Spatulariella) » Hairy Masked Bee (Hylaeus hyalinatus)

Species Hylaeus hyalinatus - Hairy Masked Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
The last few species from Cacalia - Hylaeus hyalinatus - male The last few species from Cacalia - Hylaeus hyalinatus - male Hylaeus Bee (dead) - Hylaeus hyalinatus - male Hylaeus Bee (dead) - Hylaeus hyalinatus - male Masked Bee - Hylaeus hyalinatus Hylaeus Bee - Hylaeus hyalinatus - male Unknown Hymenoptera - Hylaeus hyalinatus Hylaeus hyalinatus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Colletidae (Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees)
Genus Hylaeus (Masked Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Spatulariella)
Species hyalinatus (Hairy Masked Bee)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hylaeus armillatus
Hylaeus decipiens
Hylaeus miscellus
Hylaeus tricuspis
Prosopis hyalinata minos
Prosopis hyalinata var lugubris
Prosopis longicornis
Prosopis similis
Spatulariella hyalinata montebovensis
Spatulariella hyalinata aragonensis
Vespa bipunctata
Explanation of Names
Author of species is Smith, 1842.

Common name references the unusually hairy male face among European species
Identification
H. hyalinatus is quite a distinctive species in the east. In the female the clypeus and paroccular areas are roughly, but distinctly pitted. Also, the interpit spaces on the pleura are shiny. This is a very distinctive characteristic. Be sure to also check for this character if you think you have a female H. hyalinatus. (DL)
Range
Northeast
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Season
May to October
Food
Recorded on Coriandrum and Daucus. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Remarks
Not a native species. Originally from Europe, North Africa, etc.
Print References
Ascher, J. S. 2001. Hylaeus hyalinatus Smith, a European bee new to North America, with notes on other adventive bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 103: 184-190.
Internet References
Discover Life
iNaturalist
ITIS
BWARS
Atlas Hymenoptera
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 21 April, 2008 - 10:33pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 12 October, 2023 - 3:30am

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